Friday, May 20, 2005

i'm not joking

this is from manila standard today editorial section, titled state's responsibility.

"at a press conference, education secretary florencio abad said the department expects 17.6 million students in public elementary and high schools when classes begin in june but five million of them will have to sit on the floor because there aren’t enough tables and chairs."

this is the proof that i'm not joking bout my experiences when i was still in college (standing in class during lectures, spending half of our time finding vacant rooms in our entire campus, getting evicted in the middle of our class because other class is supposed to be the right one to use the room). maybe back then the school is still learning to stand up from the students strikes for the school's president.

the editor is right, "all taxpayers should be outraged at the news coming from the department of education this week." now they're asking donations from private sector. of course we know that our education department doesn’t have enough resources, but they should find solutions to this problem. i hope the top 10 richest congressmen can help.

my question is, the government alloted 1 billion for new school buildings for this years budget, when it would be spend? my goodness gracious... now this makes me angry. thanks god, i'm no incredible hulk.

this makes sense why students from public school is less competitive than private schools. of course you can't focus to listen to your teacher while you are standing or setting uncomfortable. of course there are also problems of lack of books and other materials needed for the teacher. almost all teachers, make personal sacrifices by setting part of their meager salary to buy teaching aids for their students.

whew... i can't stop thinking we're we heading to? are our leaders, driving this country with their eyes close? maybe...


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